"Familiarity breeds contempt" is not a new concept. This shouldn't even surprise us. It is a fact for thinking beings (assuming that "imperfect thinking beings" is redundant, that there is no such thing as a perfect thinking being, and that no philosophy in the world will lead to complete tolerance). The important message has to be that we must all think critically and use our intelligence to realize that:
an individual will learn more about other cultures through contact via History 101, Cultural Anthropology 101, the Internet, or other aspects of daily life
there may be cultural trends that are repugnant to an individual
it is quite possible to rationally and correctly take offence if there is such thing as "right and wrong"
it is quite possible that the individual confronted with a new (repugnant or not) culture needs to keep an open mind and realize that #3 might be flawed if there is no absolute "right and wrong"
sometimes it is necessary to agree to disagree
sometimes agreeing to disagree still leads to hate or contempt
... but this is nothing new. The Internet is just another means of communication and learning, and although it makes it easier, we've always had access to a bucket-load of sources to fuel petty misundertanding and prejudice.
Further to this, his fame was forged with The Crystal Shard and further books, largely due to the skill with which he developed the Drizzt character. The extremely detailed descriptions of combat were strengths of that work, and very enjoyable for those who like that sort of thing. I'm one of those people, so I don't think that is a negative.
Meanwhile, other major vendors jump on the bandwagon with comparitively little (Sun, SGI's XFS which is not open but at least the distribute Linux clue, and HP are on the Linux bandwagon) to none (Microsoft). BEA is one of Sun's happy little Sun ONE minions. Meanwhile, Microsoft continues to be a joke for large projects. Go Microsoft indeed.
We have to listen to Celine Dion too, occasionally, so its a mutual balls-in-vice situation. I'm not sure of the wisdow of testing our own weapon on ourselves, but what can ya do?
As a note, it is widely believed that the advent of crap like Nsync and Backstreet Boys started the arms race which has led to sponsored weapons research cleverly disquished as "Pop Stars 1 & 2".
I think its time we put aside our differences and realized the evils of mindless pop music will eventually destroy us all.
I dunno, I think the US is held in check by the threat of Canada unleasing its arsenal of Celine Dion recordings. Don't mess with us, although it may be a human rights violation to use weapons of Mass Annoyance, our Celine Dion stockpile is as good a deterent as the threat of nuclear weapons, proliferation of English cuisine, or Lederhosen.
ph33r us. We have Celine Dion and we're not afraid to use her for war.
Despite the language of the Berne Convention, for example Article 13 on sound recordings, the point is that the DMCA is a US law. Copyright, and I mean specific copyright for a specific work, not the concept in general, is registered on a per contry basis so that it becomes a protected work in each (see the last point of Article 13 for an example of how this applies). I could be mistaken on how the subtleties of this works, and I acknowledge that my understanding is imperfect (I'm not a lawyer), but in my experience dealing with copyright issues, seeking action based on a foreign law is not going to work since that law does not hold force. However, should a complaint regarding a work protected under the DMCA be made in reference to its protection under Canadian law, then the problem is evaded. The point is that the laws governing the issue are of the nation the violation occurs in.
The US does not truly equal the world in terms of the law, however. The DMCA is a US copyright law, and copyright law does not cross borders. A copyright held in the US is not valid under Canadian law, for example.
The relevance of DMCA-invoking complaints is still under serious review under Canadian law. ISPs in Canada are not obliged to comply with DMCA take-down notices as they would be in the USA. For example, if a take-down notice is received regarding a website hosting material which violates copyright of a US company, the Canadian hosting company may have more to worry about in terms of their customer's rights than they would regarding the DMCA complaint.
This uncertain state of affairs in Canada is not for lack of effort on the part of the Department of Justice in Ottawa. They are seeking several bits of legislation which parallel what is happening in Australia. The Canadian DoJ is using the Aussies as a role model, and have been VERY VERY resistant to challenges to Bills (for example: Bill C-15A) which try to steer Canadian law towards the examples set by the European Union (very hands-off) and the USA (moderate compared to Australia and the EU). The DoJ clearly wants laws which will place responsibility on the shoulders of the ISPs. Even so, Canadian responsibility to comply with the DMCA is not clear at all, and there is no legal requirement (at present) to comply with a DMCA take-down notice for content hosted in Canada.
Yes, 8.2 didn't ship with KDE 3. They have recently released packages for KDE 3 separately. Personally, I don't want to use it for a production workstation, and I don't intend to. I tend to stick to GNOME/Sawfish or GNOME/Enlightenment.
Mandrake unleased their crazy KDE lovin' upon an unsuspecting public on April 23rd. Red Hat is just following the trend.
Its not that big of a feature to the GNOMEish, but I 'll give KDE 3 a shot when I rebuild my dev box with RH7.3 today. I'm not a big fan of KDE, and each time I try it, I fail to be suitably impressed. Maybe 3 will change all that =)
I'm not saying that CG makes a story, but used properly, it will certainly help the filmmakers bring their story to life. It can also be abused *cough*jarjar*cough* and used for poorly written garbage, as can any tool.
Whatever is used to generated the special effects, we should ensure that crimes like Congo and Battlefield Earth never happen again. Oh the horror!
Personally, I feel much the same way about the models and puppets you prefer. The stiff movements and lack of (approximately) realisitic body language in the Yoda puppet is dissapointing today given the range of communication CG can produce. Models and puppets date themselves just as quickly as CG.
Everything gets old and passe, this shouldn't be a surprise. That doesn't mean that we shouldn't support innovation just because it won't stay top-of-the-line forever. Nothing does.
I really don't understand the aversion to CG when models and puppets are used as a "timeless FX" defence. Something which lacks the dynamics of a living being, such as a mere puppet, gets old quicker than current CG, IMO.
Actually, fat people preserve food so that the predators have an easier time catching dinner, unless of course they mod their Segways to outrun a cheetah.
Connector doesn't work with Exchange 5.5... yet =) I'm familiar with the product, and have affored to help the IT monkeys test it, but they are still on 5.5.
All I care about is Exchange 5.5 compatibility. Everything else is already possible. Being about to tie in with the vanilla corporate office requires Exchange. The point has been made 2 million times... the only reason many of use have Windows on the desktop at work is so that we can interact with the corporate standards: Exchange email, calendar, and contact functions.
Anyways... Internal vulnerability to attack is nothing new, its always been considered the most likely source of an attempt on an organization's security. However, recent reports from law enforcement show that the rising threat of external attack is starting to become more serious than in previous years.
Of course, internal vulnerability to fraud and data theft are still very important (USB keychain datastorage, keystroke monitors, and cd burners in workstations pose significant risks).
... or it could be that he is incredibly and jealously protective of his story, his characters, and his other assorted intellectual property. Its quite possible to fight to protect something because its your's and you should be the only one to screw it up *cough*jarjar*cough*.
Don't get me wrong, I still think Lucas is a nazi and a sell-out, but I still hope that Episodes 2 and 3 can fix what he broke.
I suppose rather than tease you with a mere link, I could include this:
8.04 Will there be a Mac/Linux/BeOs version?
The BeOS version of Neverwinter Nights will not be completed. However, we are planning a simultaneous PC/Macintosh/Linux release for Neverwinter Nights, with all three versions to be included in a single box. On the PC, Neverwinter Nights will run under Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000 Service Pack 2, and Windows XP.
Bioware is Canadian =) All-hail the Open Source friendly Canadian developers!
I can fix problematic DSL connections with my mind. The Force is better (DSL is a Dark Side power, BTW...). Voodoo Magic works as well. I can't think of a better superpower than being able to make flakey broadband work...
I have nothing against cars... I have something against stupid little scooters that don't get you somewhere fast, provide the benefit of being able to get over difficult terrain, or do something that walking can't do. I don't care of lawsuits, injury, or death.
I do care about useless technology that servers no purpose other than to make some "inventor" rich. All he has to do is convince people that scooting along at 7 mph is better than getting their own asses in gear.
Fat and lazy is bad. Not wanting society to turn into a bunch of weaklings who can't walk a few blocks is a hell of a lot different than anti-vehicle health-obsessed bike-but.
Please don't confuse a the trial process and final judgements with "truth". Truth is a very elusive thing, and very much separate from law, precendent, and judgements. It is up to the judge to decide how to resolve this best according to his/her intepretation of the law, which will be guided (at least somewhat) by precendent. It is, perhaps, an approximation of truth according to what should be done according to the law, but I really don't think truth comes into it.
It possible to argue that one's business philosophy argues that the state should leave business completely alone to determine its own success or failure, without subjective value judgements inherent in "anti-trust" or "bad business practices". In which case, truth doesn't exist in this circumstance, this all we have is a difference of opinion as to how business should function.
The fact of the matter is that Microsoft wouldn't be successful if they didn't have customers. How they got those customers is what is questioned, so either way the state is mucking around with a "successful" business whether or not their success was achieved through "moral" or "just" means. Not enough people have voted with their dollar, and that means part of the blaim for Microsoft's success falls on the consumer.
I sincerely hope, whatever the decision is, that IT is not punished as a by-product, for that would be a true injustice.
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How can you be so insensitive! The quake briefly delays the San Jose Sharks / Colorado Avalanche playoff game! OH THE HORROR! hehe
"Familiarity breeds contempt" is not a new concept. This shouldn't even surprise us. It is a fact for thinking beings (assuming that "imperfect thinking beings" is redundant, that there is no such thing as a perfect thinking being, and that no philosophy in the world will lead to complete tolerance). The important message has to be that we must all think critically and use our intelligence to realize that:
Further to this, his fame was forged with The Crystal Shard and further books, largely due to the skill with which he developed the Drizzt character. The extremely detailed descriptions of combat were strengths of that work, and very enjoyable for those who like that sort of thing. I'm one of those people, so I don't think that is a negative.
Well damn... I don't know why I thought they weren't as open as IBM's project. I suck.
JFS - a filesystem is a pretty major component of a server, don't you think?.
developerWorks: Open Source Projects - many more toys for development
Meanwhile, other major vendors jump on the bandwagon with comparitively little (Sun, SGI's XFS which is not open but at least the distribute Linux clue, and HP are on the Linux bandwagon) to none (Microsoft). BEA is one of Sun's happy little Sun ONE minions. Meanwhile, Microsoft continues to be a joke for large projects. Go Microsoft indeed.
As a note, it is widely believed that the advent of crap like Nsync and Backstreet Boys started the arms race which has led to sponsored weapons research cleverly disquished as "Pop Stars 1 & 2".
I think its time we put aside our differences and realized the evils of mindless pop music will eventually destroy us all.
ph33r us. We have Celine Dion and we're not afraid to use her for war.
Despite the language of the Berne Convention, for example Article 13 on sound recordings, the point is that the DMCA is a US law. Copyright, and I mean specific copyright for a specific work, not the concept in general, is registered on a per contry basis so that it becomes a protected work in each (see the last point of Article 13 for an example of how this applies). I could be mistaken on how the subtleties of this works, and I acknowledge that my understanding is imperfect (I'm not a lawyer), but in my experience dealing with copyright issues, seeking action based on a foreign law is not going to work since that law does not hold force. However, should a complaint regarding a work protected under the DMCA be made in reference to its protection under Canadian law, then the problem is evaded. The point is that the laws governing the issue are of the nation the violation occurs in.
The relevance of DMCA-invoking complaints is still under serious review under Canadian law. ISPs in Canada are not obliged to comply with DMCA take-down notices as they would be in the USA. For example, if a take-down notice is received regarding a website hosting material which violates copyright of a US company, the Canadian hosting company may have more to worry about in terms of their customer's rights than they would regarding the DMCA complaint.
This uncertain state of affairs in Canada is not for lack of effort on the part of the Department of Justice in Ottawa. They are seeking several bits of legislation which parallel what is happening in Australia. The Canadian DoJ is using the Aussies as a role model, and have been VERY VERY resistant to challenges to Bills (for example: Bill C-15A) which try to steer Canadian law towards the examples set by the European Union (very hands-off) and the USA (moderate compared to Australia and the EU). The DoJ clearly wants laws which will place responsibility on the shoulders of the ISPs. Even so, Canadian responsibility to comply with the DMCA is not clear at all, and there is no legal requirement (at present) to comply with a DMCA take-down notice for content hosted in Canada.
Yes, 8.2 didn't ship with KDE 3. They have recently released packages for KDE 3 separately. Personally, I don't want to use it for a production workstation, and I don't intend to. I tend to stick to GNOME/Sawfish or GNOME/Enlightenment.
Its not that big of a feature to the GNOMEish, but I 'll give KDE 3 a shot when I rebuild my dev box with RH7.3 today. I'm not a big fan of KDE, and each time I try it, I fail to be suitably impressed. Maybe 3 will change all that =)
I'm not saying that CG makes a story, but used properly, it will certainly help the filmmakers bring their story to life. It can also be abused *cough*jarjar*cough* and used for poorly written garbage, as can any tool.
Whatever is used to generated the special effects, we should ensure that crimes like Congo and Battlefield Earth never happen again. Oh the horror!
Everything gets old and passe, this shouldn't be a surprise. That doesn't mean that we shouldn't support innovation just because it won't stay top-of-the-line forever. Nothing does.
I really don't understand the aversion to CG when models and puppets are used as a "timeless FX" defence. Something which lacks the dynamics of a living being, such as a mere puppet, gets old quicker than current CG, IMO.
Life is change, we have to cope with that.
Fantastic stories and imagination should not be contrained by mere reality, computers let creative truly push the envelope.
Actually, fat people preserve food so that the predators have an easier time catching dinner, unless of course they mod their Segways to outrun a cheetah.
Connector doesn't work with Exchange 5.5... yet =) I'm familiar with the product, and have affored to help the IT monkeys test it, but they are still on 5.5.
All I care about is Exchange 5.5 compatibility. Everything else is already possible. Being about to tie in with the vanilla corporate office requires Exchange. The point has been made 2 million times... the only reason many of use have Windows on the desktop at work is so that we can interact with the corporate standards: Exchange email, calendar, and contact functions.
Anyways... Internal vulnerability to attack is nothing new, its always been considered the most likely source of an attempt on an organization's security. However, recent reports from law enforcement show that the rising threat of external attack is starting to become more serious than in previous years.
Of course, internal vulnerability to fraud and data theft are still very important (USB keychain datastorage, keystroke monitors, and cd burners in workstations pose significant risks).
2002 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey
Hackers: a Canadian police perspective Part I
Don't get me wrong, I still think Lucas is a nazi and a sell-out, but I still hope that Episodes 2 and 3 can fix what he broke.
What I've read about the Beta suggest it will be Windows-only testing. I'll try to find out.
I suppose rather than tease you with a mere link, I could include this:
Bioware is Canadian =) All-hail the Open Source friendly Canadian developers!I can fix problematic DSL connections with my mind. The Force is better (DSL is a Dark Side power, BTW...). Voodoo Magic works as well. I can't think of a better superpower than being able to make flakey broadband work...
I do care about useless technology that servers no purpose other than to make some "inventor" rich. All he has to do is convince people that scooting along at 7 mph is better than getting their own asses in gear.
Fat and lazy is bad. Not wanting society to turn into a bunch of weaklings who can't walk a few blocks is a hell of a lot different than anti-vehicle health-obsessed bike-but.
Its a great way for us all to get fat(ter).
It possible to argue that one's business philosophy argues that the state should leave business completely alone to determine its own success or failure, without subjective value judgements inherent in "anti-trust" or "bad business practices". In which case, truth doesn't exist in this circumstance, this all we have is a difference of opinion as to how business should function.
The fact of the matter is that Microsoft wouldn't be successful if they didn't have customers. How they got those customers is what is questioned, so either way the state is mucking around with a "successful" business whether or not their success was achieved through "moral" or "just" means. Not enough people have voted with their dollar, and that means part of the blaim for Microsoft's success falls on the consumer.
I sincerely hope, whatever the decision is, that IT is not punished as a by-product, for that would be a true injustice.